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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1951-12-05, Page 3Memorials We realize our obligation when we fill your order for a Mem- orial—and we provide only ma- terials of unending serviceabil- ity. Design and workmanship are of the finest, and our prices are most moderate. CEMETERY LETTERING Promptly Done ALL MODERN EQUIPMENT Wingham Memorial Shop '• a'e4flaea.„za a -2, GRUEN LORIE ELCO WATCHES $35.00 up DIA MOND RINGS Bluebird and Blue River $45.00 to $350.00 RHINESTONES — Necklets, Earrings and Bracelets $3.00 to $45.00 sets COMMUNITY and 1847 ROGERS SILVERWARE Dozens of cabinets and Open Stock $27.50 to $185.00 "SPEEDY" by CROSSETT MOTORS LTD. . ea -.- 41.:. zip 149 0 , • .0H,MY Goomess! tt '94 ° 1 M .... s. 4 /0-1-.\8:rfig • - : ,,,i... t.ir..... Ar losa".., IWO '41 TARE CRACKED, LADY-THAT'S THE FIFTH CAR YoLi'VE CLIPPED. r ONLY FOUR, OFFICER- ONE OF ' THEM I HIT 'TWICE. • • LalvItylE SEE YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE! ....."•.- '''''.7,:t ' ' .. . mir-..., ), - -.. "'"' .Q.,. DON'T BE. RIDICULOUS! WHO'D ISSUE ME A uceN5a? .4 e LOCAL c,.,.......t IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THERE ARE SO MANY DIZZY DRIVERS, BUT IT IS FORTUNATE OUR TOWN CAN BOAST OF CROSSETT MOTORS AND THEIR COMPLETE REPAIR AND SERVICE DEPARTMENT . , THEIR WORK IS , ' e . THE BEST AND . THEIR PRICES ARE yik , , REASONABLE. ,....,.at....4.11,.. :OF .— l' ,-/—----% Come In and See our Safe-Buy Used Cars OPEN EVENINGS TILL 10 p.m. See the new Consul = = Ford's latest English car. 30 to 35 miles to the gallon. Most Americanized English car on the market. 1950 Mercury Sedan 1950 Meteor Coach 1949 Studebaker Coach 1949 Ford Coach 1948 Oldsmobile Sedanette 1947 Mercury Sedan 1947 Ford Sedan 1946 Chevrolet Sedan New Half = Ton Pick = Ups 1938 Dodge Sedan as well as a few other older models. TRUCKS 1950 Mercury half-ton pick-up 1949 International half-ton pick- up for Immediate Delivery Only one-third down and 27 months to pay on all commercial vehicles. -4 1 Separate Phone at our used car lot No. 795 ANGLIAS and PREFECTS for Immediate Delivery ti'oni.7, • lc" WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1951 THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES. PAGE 11111.1Er Wingham, Past, Present, Future the market place for grain, wool, pork or what have you, and it was a sight to see the buyers make a race to get to the farmer's sleigh first. Characters There were sonic interesting char- acters in Wingham in the early days. for instance, Billy Sheridan, famous as a hunter and fisherman. Fred Hol- lingsworth, a colored gentleman, bar- ber, with a laugh that could be heard almost from ono end of main street to the other, The boys used to tell him funny stories oust to hear him laugh. But one time his stentorian outburst got him into a thorough dressing down in choice Billingsgate. There was a heavy flood on. Dams up the Maitland river had been wash- ed out, The Upper f'own dam was in grievous danger of being destroyed, and this would have meant a similar fate for the Lower Town clam. A back wash from the river at Lower Town had filled the gulley alongside the road. Here one of a bunch of boys, I was with, picked up the largest frog I ever saw. It must have been the grandfather of all the frogs that in- fested the marsh below the dam. This boy carried the dead frog up town, hung it on a meat hook in front Of a butcher shop on Victoria street, near Josephine street. "Nigger Fred" was a block behind this gang. When he saw that frog he let out 6 such an uproarious laugh that he awakened the owner of the butcher 6 shop, when the butcher came out in the morning his eyes beheld the sup- posed cause of Fred's noisy merri- ment. Bright and early he was dress- ing down the supposed culprit who (3 had played such a trick on him, To his credit be it said that Fred took the tongue threshing, denying the ac- cusation of course, but didn't give away any names of the boys who had preceded him, and of whom one, he knew, had been the culprit, Neither dam succumbed to the tremendous power of the rushing water. For 0a... Fall Fair under the auspices of the Turnberry Agricultural Society. It 06 . .. heldwas aatso variousrt o f a mpolvaresble but feast, finally being located on a level plot of land in Lower Wingham. The Fair faded away for some reason or other, pos- sibly from lack of interest and pat- ronage. A story comes to my mind of a well-to-do farmer in Turnberry being asked"why he didn't show his good cattle at the Fair. The answer came, "What's the use of me show- ing at the Fair, I'm not a Grit." I don't place any credence in that ex-1 cuse. Fall Fair (3 many years Wingham held a vc 'Phone 250 R. A, SPottoil 'e14a,itkgNl5WS6g.aWA5ACSts::5A,5Ak,UVA.OAgc,VVSIOSVS&AKMIZ' (by W. J. Plenty) Coming to a later date a new track was laid out on the flats opposite the end of the C.P.R. tracks. A footbridge was erected across the Maitland for conveniences, The stone abutments or what is left of them, can still be seen. This new truck was known as One of the fastest in the Province. When Jack Swarts' Harold H was brought home from a triumphant season In the U.S. with a mark of 2.0214 a matinee was arranged and some good races held, but the prime object was to see Al. Procter drive out Harold H. This was done and this speedy little pacer clipped off a mile in a jog at p.12. This good hor- seman later owned Darkey Hal, with a mark of 2.02%, As a race horse town Wingham was on the map, There were other horses of renown owned here, as for instance Beattie Bros., big chestnut trotter, Wanda, 2.12, also Geo. Roe's Lady Garfield, and before that Lady Dufferin, John A., Elam Livingstone's Doe Livingstone, and perhaps others, First Sunday School Going back to early days again, the first Sunday school In the town plot, was held in the home of A, C.T. Jack- son, who kept a general store located opposite the present power house, As Lower Wingham faded out, he remov- ed his business to Josephine St., and occupied the premises now the Robert Simpson order office. Mr. Jackson later with the rush on to the North- west went to Prince Albert. His son achieved fame by changing his name to Jason and becoming secretary of Louis Riel during the rebellion of 1885, He later left for parts unknown. Market Place In Wingham's early days, the corner of Josephine and Victoria streets was !Size and prosperity, and the best town ?north or west of London, a fair that would make all other fairs here- abouts sinks into insignificance. A large tract of land Inside the cor- Poration is lying in wait to be taken over for such a purpose. Then would come the inevitable half-mile race course, when we might have a re- petition of such good horses as Har- old H. and Darkey Hal, and per- chance many fine young colts like Maitland Brook might be developed with a track to train them in, Roving around town the question is frequent- ly heard why doesn't Wingham have a Fall Fair? Some person a short time ago had something to say about Wingham in 1960. A bigger Fall Fair than any at present in existence would put Wingham on the map more prominently than anything else man could desire, Many old readers of the Wingham Advance will recall the name of this writer. Andrew Allen Suddenly on Tuesday morning ,there entered into rest, a highly es- teemed and respected resident of the village of Clifford in the person of Andrew Allan, in his 69th year. The late Mr. Allan was born on August 24th., 1883, on Con. 16, Lot 15, Howick Township, the son of the late William Allan and his wife the for- mer Janet Sangster. He had spent his entire life on this farm except for a few years of his boyhood which was spent in the village of Lakelet. In 1905 he was married to the late Jane Ferguson Allan who pass- ed away November 23rd., 1920. He was also predeceased by a son who died in infancy. In 1947 his son took over the farm and with his wife, the former Susan Marie Taylor of Whitechurch, he moved to Clifford, Failing health forced them to sell a year later and live with their daughter and son-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Schmidt, in whose store, the deceased was seized with a heart attack and succumbed His body was taken to his old home for burial on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment in the Gorrie comet- tery. Rev, J. M. Oestreicher of Clif- ford N. B. Church and Rev. Vogan of Carrie Anglican Church• were in charge. The pallbearers were six cousins of the deceased, Tom, Alex and Jack Sangster, Jim Dixon, Roy Rutherford, Isaiah Mawhinney. The beautiful floral tributes were carried by seven granddaughters, Francis, Rita, Iyla and Deanne Allan, Jane and Anita Allan and Patsy Schmidt. leaves H to mourn his sudden pass- ing, his wife, two sons, two daugh- ters, William of London, Robert on the homestead, Mrs. E. A, (Hazel) Smith, Campbellville, Mrs. 0. H. (Marie/ Schmidt, Clifford, one bro- ther, William, of Melitia, Manitoba, two sisters, Mrs. Thos, (Helen) Step- bans, of Melitia, Man., Mrs. Wm. (Isabella) Taylor, Winnipeg, Man., five sisters, Mrs. D. (Agnes) War- wick, Mrs. Robert (Maggie) Scott, Mrs. Lou (Jessie) O'Larry, Miss Annie Allan and Miss Jean Allan, and one brother, James, predeceased Fourteen grandchildren and one great grandchild survive him also, Friends yore present from Deica ware, London, Campbeliville, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Eden Grove, Walkerton, and Melitice Manitoba. WANTED Horses for Slaughter So lb, at farm. We also Pick up dead animate, PRICE Horses $6.00 each Cows $6,00 each Pigs 50c cwt. Small Animals according to size and condition. C. BRUBAKER Phone 608w1 Wingham Dark Day One can hardly conclude these vap- orings without mentioning that un- forgettable "dark day," Sept, 5, 1881, when bush fires;, started at'Bad Axe, Mich., caused such smoke as to al- mosLeclipse the sun at this distance, Schools were closed, lamps lighted consternation reigned in the hearts of some citizens, the world was coming to an end, "the harvest is past, the summer ended, and I am not yet saved," seemed to be in the minds of some people. The darkness started about 1.30 p.m. and continued for some hours. Out at Kelly's Another thought overlooked, where there is today so much hilarity and sport ,the plot known as the town park, was formerly the town ceme- tery, and in all likelihood some re- mains are yet there, although a dili- gent effort was made to remove all bodies to the new cemetery, which was originally part of the Kelly farm. Hence the present reply to one asking for an old friend, what's become of such a person, the reply he's out at Kelly's. What of the Future This seems to have fairly well cov- ered Wingham past and present. So what of the future? The Advance- Times has been throwing out the suggestion, or asking why Wingham doesn't have a Fall Fair. 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